Interior CS Kindiki Declares Curfew in Parts of Meru, Isiolo and Marsabit Counties
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has issued an instruction to expand the curfew duration within the Maliza Uhalifu Operation to include three additional counties.
The curfew, initiated on February 14, 2023, will be enforced in specific areas of Meru, Isiolo, and Marsabit Counties.
“To effectively degrade bandit networks, the ongoing Maliza Uhalifu Operation is being extended into parts of Meru, Isiolo, and Marsabit Counties,” the statement reads.
Addressing security teams from Rift Valley and Eastern Regions as well as Formation Field Commanders at Archer’s Post, Samburu County on Thursday, December 28th, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) stated that the curfew’s objective is to eradicate bandits who are causing fear among residents in those particular regions.
“New areas in the Northern Grazing Area in Meru North, parts of Isiolo and Marsabit Counties, and banditry hotspots in Samburu County will shortly come under curfew and emergency measures to facilitate the flushing out of bandits and recovery of stolen livestock,” the statement reads.
The CS also condoled with the families of both soldiers and victims affected by banditry.
“The Government condoles and stands in solidarity with the families whose kin have been harmed and our frontline officers who have sacrificially fallen in the line of duty,” he added.
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Kindiki additionally assured that the Government’s primary aim was to overcome banditry and enhance the strength and endurance of communities impacted by it.
“Additional areas will be gazetted as ‘Disturbed and Dangerous ‘ as the Operation assumes its third phase,”
In collaboration with security personnel, the government plans to strengthen the checkpoint at Archer’s post to better regulate crime along the Moyale-Isiolo-Nairobi Highway.
“Had to review operations at the Archer’s Post Multi-Agency vehicle checkpoint which is making critical contributions to the fight against the flow of illicit arms, trafficking in persons, and movement of narcotics and psychotropic substances,” Kindiki affirmed.
During the Boxing Day celebration alongside officers in Baringo County, the head of the Interior Ministry announced that the government had effectively decreased banditry occurrences by 70%.
“We have covered at least 70% in this war and the remaining 30% in a few parts of Samburu East, Samburu West, Isiolo County, and Turkana County, we are closing in on the criminals,” Kindiki stated.
Interior CS Kindiki Declares Curfew in Parts of Meru, Isiolo and Marsabit Counties